RE: Tooth Fairy Bullshit
January 16, 2017 at 6:57 pm
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2017 at 7:00 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 16, 2017 at 6:36 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(January 16, 2017 at 5:17 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: Please just stop with the strawman arguments already!*emphasis mine*
While there are some physicists that say the universe came from nothing, they do not mean 'nothing' as in complete nonexistence.
The definition that most physicists use for nothing is "no space at all, and no time, no particles, no fields, no laws of nature".
You kind of make my point, if none of the above exist, then you are dealing with the supernatural by definition.
Absolutely not.
The laws of nature, and the all the other stuff mentioned, are the attributes of this universe. These things did not exist, at least in the way they exist in our current universe, until this universe existed.
Still no supernatural entity necessary.
(January 16, 2017 at 6:29 pm)Asmodee Wrote: "I don't know" IS an answer. Theists often seem to have the belief that admitting you don't know something is some kind of weakness. On the contrary, the weakness is pretending that you know something you don't. It's a sign of a weak mind.
Quote:Except you guys never lead with "I don't know".
Calling something a fairy tale implies you DO know...
Not knowing means you can't say one way or the other.
Sorry, but not knowing the exact cause of the universe, does not mean we can't know, and rule out, what ancient myths are.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
